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It's difficult but still the easiest path forward. It's not for everybody. If public transport is not a priority for choosing a place to live then that's ok. However everybody who has such a priority should meet in one place if they want it as fast as possible.
People are limited to where they can live by work.
Not remote workers, startups and the employees of expanding businesses that profit from the influx of motivated people.
It's not a given but a solvable problem.
Good transit takes decades to build. Remote workers and startups can have it today if they just move to a place that does it better, while also solving other issues, such as insane rent and the prospective of being thrown into a concentration camp.
Better is not good enough. One place has to show the full potential of public transport, with the option for everybody to move there. That forces every other city to be equally good.
That exists outside America, and where it exists within America, rent is too high because everyone wants to live there.
Other cities being more livable hasn't made the landlords and small business owners who own city governments across America decide to allow public transit.
That's why everybody has to move into one designated city and determine politics with their votes.
Select a city that can be expanded and low rent will become an additional advantage.
NYC?
Too expensive. People can't just move there.
There are lots of other things where people say "there are millions of us let's do x together" where nothing happens. As example, plenty of people likes old cars and wish that car companies will build cars like in the past and nothing happens.
I think it would be easier for existing cities to prioritize public transport in new areas that are being built in the city. It would be a smaller step, people can move there and still keep their job.
For the old cars nothing happens because there is no majority to change the regulations, which could be changed easily.
Likewise new areas could easily have public transport but there are no majorities for that.
It's all about having the majority.
Jobs also go to where skilled workers are and there are remote jobs. The selection of the designated city is the big problem, not the jobs.